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Expression Profile of the Serine Acetyltransferase (SERAT) and O-Acetylserine (thiol)lyase (OASTL) Gene Families in Arabidopsis

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Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants - Fundamental, Environmental and Agricultural Aspects

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Cysteine synthesis in plants constitutes the entry of reduced sulfur from assimilatory sulfate reduction into metabolism. Cysteine synthesis is catalyzed by the sequential action of serine acetyltransferase (SERAT) and O-acetylserine (thiol)lyase (OASTL). In the Arabidopsis genome, there are five SERAT and three OASTL genes. Analysis of the expression data obtained from micro array data in database such as Arabidopsis eFP browser and publications indicates that the SERAT genes and OASTL genes show distinct expression patterns during development and under diurnal regulation as well as under stress conditions, suggesting the specific function/regulation of SERATs and OASTLs in different subcellular compartments.

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    Mutsumi Watanabe & Rainer Hoefgen

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Luit J. De Kok

  2. Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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  3. Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Braunschweig, Germany

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  4. Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Braunschweig, Germany

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Watanabe, M., Hoefgen, R. (2017). Expression Profile of the Serine Acetyltransferase (SERAT) and O-Acetylserine (thiol)lyase (OASTL) Gene Families in Arabidopsis. In: De Kok, L., Hawkesford, M., Haneklaus, S., Schnug, E. (eds) Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants - Fundamental, Environmental and Agricultural Aspects. Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56526-2_3

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